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Familiar Face Assists Cross Country Program

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edingerNick Edinger returns to the Cross Country Program here at Geneva College this season serving this time as an Assistant Coach. Edinger is a former, record-breaking Golden Tornado who graduated with the class of 2013 with a degree in Psychology. “I love the dedication and commitment running teaches,” comments Edinger. “I’ve learned a lot from my own running and I am excited to share it with others.”

Edinger’s career is noteworthy; he holds five school records between cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. In cross-country he holds the 8K record with a time of 24:23. For the indoor season he holds the 5,000-meter race record with the time 15:16.95 and the 3,000 meter race record with a time of 8:50.72. Finally, in the outdoor season, Edinger broke the records in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events with times of 14:48.26 and 31:27.90 respectively.

The cross-country season officially kicks-off for the Golden Tornadoes on Friday, September 2, as they travel to Westminster College for the Fisher Invitational at 6:30 p.m. for the women and 7:15 p.m. for the men. 

Geneva College invites students to step forward and leap ahead with an academically excellent, Christ-centered and affordable education. Offering nearly 40 undergraduate majors, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and campus-based options, and high-demand advanced graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks Geneva as a Top 10 Best Value with one of the Top 100 engineering programs in the nation. Adhering to the inerrancy of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God’s word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today’s world. 

Aug 30, 2016